The numbers are in, and Facebook has revealed that ads linked to a Russian agency accused of helping to swing Britain’s Brexit referendum cost a massive 97 cents! Yes, reader, you read that figure correctly.

The assumption, long promoted by the tobacco industry, that puffing on a cigarette gives you sex appeal has now been debunked by a study revealing just the opposite. Bristol University research shows non-smokers are actually more attractive.

If Theresa May is certain Russia is ‘meddling’ in British democracy she obviously knows some seriously cheap advertisers. It just emerged Russia spent 73p ($0.97) on ads to influence the Brexit referendum. How much influence can you buy for 73p?

The special relationship may have taken a battering lately, but Washington is investing in London. It’s opening a new $1 billion glass box next to the River Thames, otherwise known as the city’s new US embassy.

International football players and managers gathered at the Russian Embassy in London on Tuesday to hear about preparations for next year’s FIFA World Cup. The competition’s official football, a Telstar with a first-of-its-kind technological chip inside, was also on display.

With gas supplies crippled amid a freezing winter by the shutdown of a major pipeline, the UK has apparently turned to a Russian project targeted by US sanctions, with reports indicating that a deal was struck for a shipment of gas by the end of December.

Theresa May has suffered her first defeat over Brexit in Parliament after a majority of MPs backed an amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill. The amendment allows for MPs to have a “meaningful vote” on the final Brexit deal.

The assumption, long promoted by the tobacco industry, that puffing on a cigarette gives you sex appeal has now been debunked by a study revealing just the opposite. Bristol University research shows non-smokers are actually more attractive.

The special relationship may have taken a battering lately, but Washington is investing in London. It’s opening a new $1 billion glass box next to the River Thames, otherwise known as the city’s new US embassy.

The numbers are in, and Facebook has revealed that ads linked to a Russian agency accused of helping to swing Britain’s Brexit referendum cost a massive 97 cents! Yes, reader, you read that figure correctly.

International football players and managers gathered at the Russian Embassy in London on Tuesday to hear about preparations for next year’s FIFA World Cup. The competition’s official football, a Telstar with a first-of-its-kind technological chip inside, was also on display.

Building companies that installed unsafe cladding on social housing blocks are now being paid millions to remove it after the Grenfell disaster. One fire survivor branded the contracts “absolutely ludicrous.”

If Theresa May is certain Russia is ‘meddling’ in British democracy she obviously knows some seriously cheap advertisers. It just emerged Russia spent 73p ($0.97) on ads to influence the Brexit referendum. How much influence can you buy for 73p?

A former UKIP candidate has fled to Pakistan and has been sentenced to jail in absentia, for racially abusing a man who tried to help her. Sam Naz, 34, branded a Tesco worker a “f***ing foreigner” after he tried to rescue her in a car park in east London in 2015.

Prime Minister Theresa May has rattled off misleading statistics on homelessness in Britain despite the Tories being criticized for using the figures in the past. She claimed that “statutory homelessness” is down by 50 percent under her party’s rule.

Football legend Gary Lineker has been hit with a fierce backlash after he condemned Israeli soldiers for locking Palestinian children in a cage. It comes amid mass protests against Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

In this episode, we speak to former US Ambassador to the United Nations, Bill Richardson. Plus, Deputy Editor Sebastian Pacher investigates the dark secret of criminal justice and forensics!
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Trump’s move to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital:

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